Under the Palaver Tree
Synopsis
In Guimbererou, small Beninese village, time is marked by the course of the sun and the unchanging tradition. Nevetheless, since the arrival of the whites, life has profoundly changed. Between the oldies, almost in their hundreds, and the young drawn into a whirlwind of globalization, a gap has insidiously grown. How to communicate with each other? How to transmit the village's story before it disappears?
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- Executive Producer : Hippocampe Productions
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- Executive Producers : Christophe Battarel, Jordane Oudin
- Screenwriter : Claire Savary
- Director of photography : Claire Savary
- Music Composer : Simon Winse
- Editor : Cécile Nicouleaud
- Sound recordist : Claire Savary
- Sound Editor : Florian Namias
- Sound Mixer : Florian Namias
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Ethnography, Monde rural, Traditions
- Production language : Bariba
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 54 min
- Visa number : 141.601
- Visa issue date : 25/06/2015
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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